Photoshop is one of the world's most widely used photo editing and graphics programs. It's also one of the world's most confounding programs. With the fantastic features and options that the new CS3 version offers, it can bewilder even the most seasoned professional. So who better than New York Times tech columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue to capture every nuance of Photoshop CS3?
Under Pogue's objective scrutiny and witty approach, Photoshop CS3: The Missing Manual teaches beginners and experienced users alike how to use Photoshop's new features such as:
Non-destructive Smart Filters
Quick Selection Tool
Automatic layer alignment and blending
Enhanced Adobe Camera Raw
Integrating 3-D content and motion graphics
Creating animation from a series of images
Painting and cloning over multiple video frames
And much more
You'll also find out which features work well, and which are not worth your time. Written with the humor, authority, and advice that are trademarks of the Missing Manual series, this beautifully designed, visually rich four-color tutorial teaches you everything you need to know to create beautiful documents and edit photos in Photoshop. Why settle for less?
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.
David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.
Colin Smith is a bestselling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer and is founder of the world s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts more than five million visitors. He s authored or co-authored more than 15 books on Photoshop and Flash, he's featured on ten videos at PhotoshopCD.com, and he's in high demand across the United States as a Photoshop lecturer. Colin has consulted for such companies as Adobe Systems, Apple, and Disney ABC Studios.
